Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Junhao Huang, Bing Xue, Yanan Sun, Mengjie Zhang, and Gary G. Yen. “Activation features empowered: An efficient gradient-free proxy to zero-shot neural architecture search,” Pattern Recognition, vol. 179, p. 113917, 2026. PaperCodeBibTeX
  2. Junhao Huang, Bing Xue, Yanan Sun, Mengjie Zhang, and Gary G. Yen. “EvoREP: Evolving Reliable Ensemble of Zero-Cost Proxies for Zero-Shot Neural Architecture Search,” IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, pp. 1–15, 2025. PaperCodeBibTeX
  3. Junhao Huang, Bing Xue, Yanan Sun, Mengjie Zhang, and Gary G. Yen. “Efficient Perturbation-Aware Distinguishing Score for Zero-Shot Neural Architecture Search,” Applied Soft Computing, vol. 182, p. 113447, 2025. PaperCodeBibTeX
  4. Junhao Huang, Bing Xue, Yanan Sun, Mengjie Zhang, and Gary G. Yen. “LightMix: Multi-Objective Search for Lightweight Mixed-Scale Convolutional Neural Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 1654–1668, 2026. PaperCodeBibTeX
  5. Junhao Huang, Bing Xue, Yanan Sun, Mengjie Zhang, and Gary G. Yen. “Automatic Design of Neural Networks with Multi-Scale Convolutions via Multi-Path Weight Sampling,” Pattern Recognition, vol. 165, p. 111605, 2025. PaperCodeBibTeX
  6. Junhao Huang, Bing Xue, Yanan Sun, Mengjie Zhang, and Gary G. Yen. “Split-Level Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search With Elite Weight Inheritance,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 13523–13537, 2024. PaperCodeBibTeX
  7. Junhao Huang, Bing Xue, Yanan Sun, Mengjie Zhang, and Gary G. Yen. “Particle Swarm Optimization for Compact Neural Architecture Search for Image Classification,” IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1298–1312, 2023. PaperCodeBibTeX
  8. Junhao Huang, Weize Sun, and Lei Huang. “Joint Structure and Parameter Optimization of Multiobjective Sparse Neural Network,” Neural Computation, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 1113–1143, 2021. PaperBibTeX
  9. Junhao Huang, Weize Sun, and Lei Huang. “Deep Neural Networks Compression Learning Based on Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms,” Neurocomputing, vol. 378, pp. 260–269, 2020. PaperBibTeX

Conference Papers

  1. Yule Wang, Junhao Huang, and Ruwang Jiao. “Lightweight Neural Architecture Search via Training-Free ZiCo-Block Evaluation,” Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI), LNCS vol. 16452, pp. 67–82, 2025. PaperBibTeX
  2. Junhao Huang, Romain Chaput, Bing Xue, Ivy Liu, Ross Vennell and Mengjie Zhang. “Automated Design of Neural Networks for River Flow Prediction Using Weather Data,” Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI), LNCS vol. 16452, pp. 346–362, 2025. PaperBibTeX
  3. Junhao Huang, Bing Xue, Yanan Sun, and Mengjie Zhang. “Evolving Comprehensive Proxies for Zero-Shot Neural Architecture Search,” Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), Malaga, Spain, 2025. PaperCodeBibTeX
  4. Junhao Huang, Bing Xue, Yanan Sun, and Mengjie Zhang. “Multi-Objective Evolutionary Search of Compact Convolutional Neural Networks with Training-Free Estimation,” Proceedings of the Companion Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, 2023. PaperBibTeX
  5. Junhao Huang, Bing Xue, Yanan Sun, and Mengjie Zhang. “EDE-NAS: An Eclectic Differential Evolution Approach to Single-Path Neural Architecture Search,” Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI), LNCS vol. 13728, pp. 116–130, 2022. PaperCodeBibTeX
  6. Junhao Huang, Bing Xue, Yanan Sun, and Mengjie Zhang. “A Flexible Variable-length Particle Swarm Optimization Approach to Convolutional Neural Network Architecture Design,” IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Kraków, Poland, pp. 934–941, 2021. PaperCodeBibTeX
  7. Junhao Huang, Weize Sun, Lei Huang, and Shaowu Chen. “Deep Compression with Low Rank and Sparse Integrated Decomposition,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Network Technology (ICCSNT), Dalian, China, pp. 289–292, 2019. PaperBibTeX
  8. Shaowu Chen, Weize Sun, Lei Huang, Xin Yang, and Junhao Huang. “Compressing Fully Connected Layers using Kronecker Tensor Decomposition,” IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Network Technology (ICCSNT), Dalian, China, pp. 308-312, 2019. PaperBibTeX